Meaning of 容易
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- easy; straightforward
- likely; liable to; apt to
How to use 容易
容易 works as a plain adjective meaning easy, often with 很 (hěn) or 不 (bù) in front. It also goes before a verb to mean "likely to" or "apt to", usually for unwanted results. Example: 冬天很容易感冒。(Dōngtiān hěn róngyì gǎnmào.) It is easy to catch a cold in winter.
容 (róng) means to hold or contain, and 易 (yì) means easy, as in 不易 (bùyì) "not easy". Picture a big container that holds things without effort, so 容易 is "easy".
Common mistake: Learners often read 易 with the wrong tone. It is fourth tone yì, and in 容易 it is often said lightly as róngyi. Some also confuse 易 with 昜 or 场, so remember 易 has 日 on top and 勿 below.
容易 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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容 róng · appearance · 10 strokes
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易 yì · to change · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 容易.
| 交易 | jiāoyì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 内容 | nèiróng | content; substance; details |
| 轻易 | qīngyì | easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly |
| 形容 | xíngróng | to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance |
| 贸易 | màoyì | (commercial) trade |
| 不易 | bùyì | not easy to do sth; difficult |
| 笑容 | xiàoróng | smile; smiling expression |
| 好不容易 | hǎobùróngyì | with great difficulty; very difficult |
| 美容 | měiróng | to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more at |
| 好容易 | hǎoróngyì | (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing |
| 容忍 | róngrěn | to put up with; to tolerate |
| 显而易见 | xiǎn'éryìjiàn | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly |
Questions about 容易
What does 容易 mean?
容易 (róngyì) means "easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 容易?
容易 is made of 2 characters: 容 (10 strokes), 易 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 容易 an HSK word?
Yes. 容易 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 容易 and 简单?
简单 (jiǎndān) means simple or uncomplicated and describes the thing itself. 容易 means easy to do, and it can also mean "likely to" before a verb, which 简单 cannot. You can say 这件事很容易发生, but not 很简单发生.
How do I say "it was not easy" with 容易?
Say 不容易 (bù róngyì), as in 学中文不容易 (Xué Zhōngwén bù róngyì), "Learning Chinese is not easy." The phrase 好不容易 (hǎo bù róngyì) means "with great difficulty", as in 我好不容易才找到他, "I finally found him after a lot of effort."